A Manual of Philippine Birds
A Manual of Philippine Birds, published in Manila by the Bureau of Science, is the work of Richard C. McGregor, an American ornithologist who spent years collecting specimens in the islands. As he explains in his preface, collectors and naturalists lacked any single book describing the birds of the archipelago, and he set out to provide one. The manual covers the hundreds of species then known, arranged by order and family from pigeons, rails and shorebirds to kingfishers and the many families of perching birds, with keys for identification, descriptions of plumage and measurements, and notes on distribution among the islands. It is a technical reference rather than a narrative, and a foundation of Philippine ornithology. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the opening pages free.
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Yes. A Manual of Philippine Birds by Richard C. McGregor is a public-domain work. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
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What kind of book is A Manual of Philippine Birds?
A Manual of Philippine Birds by Richard C. McGregor is filed under "Science & Nature" in the Vinteuil library.
